Michelina's, Rockin' Tacos

How it compares with other frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 44% of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 75% of them.

Where the calories come from: 41% carbohydrate, 45% fat and 14% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other tacos in this aisle

42 of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products are named tacos. Per 100 g their median is 232 calories, 506 mg of sodium and 9.4 g of protein; 40 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, NACHO TACO SAUCE PACKET (DICED TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), 2% OR LESS: SUGAR, SALT, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, WATER, CITRIC ACID, DEHYDRATED ONION, DEHYDRATED GREEN BELL PEPPERS, POTASSIUM SORBATE & SODIUM BENZOATE AS PRESERVATIVES, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR), BEEF, EXPELLER SOYBEAN OIL, PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEDDAR CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, MILKFAT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, SALT, ARTIFICIAL COLOR), LESS THAN 2% OF MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CHEESE FLAVOR (DEHYDRATED AMERICAN AND BLUE CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, WHEY, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE, LACTOSE, BUTTERMILK SOLIDS, MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, SILICON DIOXIDE, CITRIC ACID, ONION, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6), TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CARAMEL COLOR), SALT, MASA HARINA, PAPRIKA, BEEF-TYPE FLAVORING (HYDROLYZED CORN WHEAT AND SOY GLUTENS, YEAST EXTRACT, HYDROLYZED CORN GLUTEN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OILS, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE), SODIUM BICARBONATE, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, CORN STARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM SULFATE), CARAMEL COLOR, SPICE, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, GUAR AND TRAGACANTH GUMS, GRANULATED GARLIC, SOY LECITHIN, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN AND NATURAL FLAVOR.

The statement lists 35 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour (wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin. It has no separate "Contains" line; a major allergen (the nine the FDA requires on labels: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, sesame) may be named inside the ingredients instead. For allergies, read the package: this is the record USDA holds (updated Sep 24, 2018), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Bellisio Foods Inc submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2035302).

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